North Broadway Banding

Wow, what a prolific pair. We banded five chicks today – two females and three males. Matt’s wife came along for the banding, so it was nice to see her!

I actually missed the banding part as I stayed stationed in the small electrical closet off the nesting ledge in order to try for the adult bands. I did manage to get Auntie Em’s bands finally by holding the camera out the window, snapping and hoping that I got something. One picture came out, though it is canted at an angle. Couldn’t care less — I got the bands so huzzah.

I didn’t see the male the whole time I was in the closet. He probably was up above me. Dang.

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

If you find a peregrine on the ground, Mary Hennen has put up some information along with emergency contact numbers for the Chicago region on the FIELD MUSEUM'S PEREGRINE FALCON PAGE

For those of you not from the Chicago region, the information on what to do when you find a downed peregrine is still valuable, even if the numbers are not. It is highly probable your own area has monitors. My suggestion would be to try wildlife rescue organizations or rehabbers, Animal Control and/or any zoo or natural history museum type place in the area.